गोपी

Hindi

Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गोपी (gopī). By surface analysis, गोप (gop) +‎ -ई (-ī).

Pronunciation

• (Delhi Hindi) IPA^(key): /ɡoː.piː/

Noun

गोपी • (gopī) f (masculine गोप, Urdu spelling گوپی)

1. milkmaid; cowherdess; milkman or cowherd's wife

   Synonyms: ग्वाली (gvālī), ग्वालिन (gvālin)

2. (Hinduism) gopi

   Synonyms: गोपिका (gopikā), गोपिन (gopin)

Declension

Declension of गोपी (fem ī-stem)

	singular	plural
direct	गोपी gopī	गोपियाँ gopiyā̃
oblique	गोपी gopī	गोपियों gopiyõ
vocative	गोपी gopī	गोपियो gopiyo

References

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993) “गोपी”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press, page 278
• Dāsa, Śyāmasundara (1965–1975) “गोपी”, in Hindī Śabdasāgara [lit. Sea of Hindi words] (in Hindi), Kashi [Varanasi]: Nagari Pracarini Sabha, page 1348
• Caturvedi, Mahendra, Bhola Nath Tiwari (1970) “गोपी”, in A practical Hindi-English dictionary, Delhi: National Publishing House, page 183
• Platts, John T. (1884) “गोपी”, in A dictionary of Urdu, classical Hindi, and English, London: W. H. Allen & Co., page 922
• “गोपी”, in ریخْتَہ لُغَت (rexta luġat) - Rekhta Dictionary [Urdu dictionary with meanings in Hindi & English], Noida, India: Rekhta Foundation, 2024.

Sanskrit

Alternative scripts

Alternative scripts

• গোপী (Assamese script)
• ᬕᭀᬧᬷ (Balinese script)
• গোপী (Bengali script)
• 𑰐𑰺𑰢𑰱 (Bhaiksuki script)
• 𑀕𑁄𑀧𑀻 (Brahmi script)
• ဂေါပီ (Burmese script)
• ગોપી (Gujarati script)
• ਗੋਪੀ (Gurmukhi script)
• 𑌗𑍋𑌪𑍀 (Grantha script)
• ꦒꦺꦴꦥꦷ (Javanese script)
• 𑂏𑂷𑂣𑂲 (Kaithi script)
• ಗೋಪೀ (Kannada script)
• គោបី (Khmer script)
• ໂຄປີ (Lao script)
• ഗോപീ (Malayalam script)
• ᡤᠣᢒᡳᡳ (Manchu script)
• 𑘐𑘻𑘢𑘲 (Modi script)
• ᠺᠣᠸᠠᢒᠢᠢ (Mongolian script)
• 𑦰𑧜𑧂𑧓 (Nandinagari script)
• 𑐐𑑀𑐥𑐷 (Newa script)
• ଗୋପୀ (Odia script)
• ꢔꣂꢦꢷ (Saurashtra script)
• 𑆓𑆾𑆥𑆵 (Sharada script)
• 𑖐𑖺𑖢𑖱 (Siddham script)
• ගොපී (Sinhalese script)
• 𑩞𑩕𑩰𑩑𑩛 (Soyombo script)
• 𑚌𑚴𑚞𑚯 (Takri script)
• கே³ாபீ (Tamil script)
• గోపీ (Telugu script)
• โคปี (Thai script)
• གོ་པཱི (Tibetan script)
• 𑒑𑒼𑒣𑒲 (Tirhuta script)
• 𑨍𑨆𑨞𑨁𑨊 (Zanabazar Square script)

Etymology

गोप (gopa, “milkman; cowboy; gopa”) +‎ -ई (-ī, feminine-forming suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡoː.piː/

Noun

गोपी • (gopī) stem, f (Classical Sanskrit)

1. milkmaid; cowherdess; milkman or cowherd's wife
2. (Hinduism) gopi
   • c. 700 CE – 900 CE, Bhāgavata Purāṇa 10.84.69:

     नन्दो गोपाश्च गोप्यश्च गोविन्दचरणाम्बुजे । मनः क्षिप्तं पुनर्हर्तुमनीशा मथुरां ययुः ॥

     nando gopāśca gopyaśca govindacaraṇāmbuje . manaḥ kṣiptaṃ punarhartumanīśā mathurāṃ yayuḥ .

     Unable to withdraw their minds from Lord Krishna’s lotus feet, where they had surrendered them, Nanda and the gopas and gopis returned to Mathurā.

Declension

Feminine ī-stem declension of गोपी (gopī)
	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	गोपी gopī	गोप्यौ gopyau	गोप्यः gopyaḥ
Vocative	गोपि gopi	गोप्यौ gopyau	गोप्यः gopyaḥ
Accusative	गोपीम् gopīm	गोप्यौ gopyau	गोपीः gopīḥ
Instrumental	गोप्या gopyā	गोपीभ्याम् gopībhyām	गोपीभिः gopībhiḥ
Dative	गोप्यै gopyai	गोपीभ्याम् gopībhyām	गोपीभ्यः gopībhyaḥ
Ablative	गोप्याः gopyāḥ	गोपीभ्याम् gopībhyām	गोपीभ्यः gopībhyaḥ
Genitive	गोप्याः gopyāḥ	गोप्योः gopyoḥ	गोपीनाम् gopīnām
Locative	गोप्याम् gopyām	गोप्योः gopyoḥ	गोपीषु gopīṣu

Related terms

• गोपिका (gopikā)
  • Pali: gopikā
  • Prakrit: गोविआ (goviā)

Descendants

• Pali: gopī
• Prakrit: गोवी (govī)
• → Hindustani: gopī

  Hindi: गोपी

  Urdu: گوپی

References

• Monier Williams (1899) “गोपी”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 368.
• Hellwig, Oliver (2010-2024) “gopī”, in DCS - The Digital Corpus of Sanskrit, Berlin, Germany.
• Arthur Anthony Macdonell (1893) “गोपी”, in A practical Sanskrit dictionary with transliteration, accentuation, and etymological analysis throughout, London: Oxford University Press, page 86
• Turner, Ralph Lilley (1969–1985) “gōpī”, in A Comparative Dictionary of the Indo-Aryan Languages, London: Oxford University Press, page 230